Cello Strings Cables
Cello has designed its own proprietary system of cables in order to
provide the ultimate in balanced line signal transmission and speaker
connections. Several types of Cello Strings cables are available with
a variety of terminations in standard and custom lengths.
Cello Strings
1
Cello Strings 1 is a three-conductor shielded cable for balanced line
connections between preamplifiers, equalizers, power amplifiers, and
associated equipment. Cello Strings 1 cables are terminated with
Fischer connectors for mating with Cello equipment, and with
XLR
or RCA connectors for mating with balanced or unbalanced inputs on
conventional equipment. Each conductor of Cello Strings 1 consists
of high purity, oxygen-free copper Litz wire in a heavy tenon jacket.
Three of these conductors are encased in a high-quality shield and a
heavy outer,jacket.
Cello Strings 1 is different in many ways from conventional balanced
line cable. Because of its Litz construction, inductance is kept to very
low amounts so that high frequency energy is preserved. The capaci-
tance of a balanced line cable is generally much higher than the one
of an unbalanced cable due to the coupling of each conductor to the
other conductors as well as the shield. Capacitance in balanced line
cables is a direct load to circuits drivin
g
the cable. Because Cello
Strings I has very low capacitance, one third to one tenth the amount
of standard balanced line cables, output sta
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es are not as capacitively
loaded. This translates into cleaner. less compressed sonic quality.
Some cables are called "balanced", but only offer two conductors and
a shield. Such cables can be a source of grounding problems due to the
tying of audio ground (pin I ) to earth (case), or no shield connection
to the case. There are interconnect cables on the market more costly
than Cello Strings 1. We believe that Cello Strin
g
s 1 is the highest
performance cable available and priced fairly. Since Cello Strings
cables are made at the factory or by authorized a
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ents only, their
quality of termination is outstanding. Cello guarantees the sonic
performance of its products when used with Cello Strings I cable.
Cello Strings 2
Cello Strings 2 is a high quality speaker cable, comprised of a large
number of very fine conductors in a red (high side, +) or black (low
side, -) jacket. Tri-wire harnesses for Stradivari and Amati speakers
are available, consisting of three red and three black wires in an
expando (black net) sleeve. At the speaker end, three red wires and
three black wires arc separately terminated with spade or donut lugs.
At the amplifier end, the three red wires and three black wires are tied
to one red lug and one black lug respectively. for easy connection to
barrier strips and other speaker cable connectors.
Cello Strings 3 Cello Strings 3 is a heavy Litz construction speaker cable for the
ultimate in power amplifier signal transmission. Cello Strings 3 is
comprised of two conductors separated by a 0.2 inch web. Each
conductor contains a large number of very fine Litz wires. Terminations are spade or donut lugs. Cello Strings 3 is particularly recommended for Stradivari speakers. Strad CS3 tri-wire harnesses contain
three pairs of conductors within an expando (black net) sleeve. Each
termination is via a separate lug. Due to the large amount of copper
which must be heated for proper soldering to occur, CS3 should only
be terminated by trained personnel using appropriate equipment.
Why Fischer Connectors'?
Owners of high quality audio equipment are searching for ways of
optimizing performance with balanced lines. XLR connectors are the
industry standard for balanced lines. Unfortunately, XLR connectors
do not meet Cello
tency. Through many years of experience, we have found that Fischer
connectors sound better than other types we have tested and do not
break or degrade over time. Made in Switzerland with the finest
materials and machined to incredibly precise tolerances. Fischer
connectors are far more costly than XLRs, hard to obtain, and more
complex to assemble. Cello believes that the benefits outweigh these
obstacles, especially for equipment designed to last for many decades.
The contact action in a Fischer connector is provided by a precisely
made pin entering a socket in which tiny leaves put pressure in a 360
degree pattern all around the body of the pin. After 50,000 make/
break cycles, there is no measurable wear. In contrast, after only a few
make/break cycles, the gold plating on XLR connector pins is worn
through, if they are of the gold plated type. Silver type pins generally
turn black over time causing contact degradation. The mating action
of the XLR pin and socket is crude by comparison to the Fischer
the shield connection and the mechanical locking of the Fischer are
positive, which is not always the case with XLRs.
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s standards for performance, reliability, and consis-
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